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pickles, pickled vegetables
Vegetables preserved by pickling in salt, rice bran, vinegar, sake lees, or miso.
漬物は日本の食事に欠かせない。
Pickles are essential to Japanese meals.
自家製の漬物を作っています。
I make homemade pickles.
ご飯のお供に漬物がある。
There are pickles as a side dish for rice.
ご飯のお供 means accompaniments for rice
祖母が漬けた漬物はとてもおいしい。
The pickles my grandmother makes are very delicious.
日本の旅館では朝食に漬物が出ることが多い。
Japanese inns often serve pickles with breakfast.
Major types of Japanese pickles:
- 糠漬け (rice bran pickles)
- 塩漬け (salt pickles)
- 醤油漬け (soy sauce pickles)
- 味噌漬け (miso pickles)
- 酢漬け (vinegar pickles)
- 粕漬け (sake lees pickles)
Common vegetables: 大根 (daikon), きゅうり (cucumber), 白菜 (napa cabbage), なす (eggplant).
Also called お新香 or お香々 (おこうこ) in polite speech.